Filing appliance of numerous applications



Sept. 8, 1931. P. DIAZ 1,822,273

FILING APPLIANCE OF NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS Filed Aug. 2a, 1926 s Sheets-Sheet 1 a o-e Maw Sept. 8,1931. P. DIAZ 1,822,273

FILING APPLIANCE OF NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS Filed Aug. 28, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept,- 8, 1931.

Filed Au 28 I a lsgg 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIE PEDRO DIAZ, CF MONTE-VIDEO, URUGUAY FILING APPLIANCE OF NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS Application filed August 28, 1926. Serial No. 132,258.

or cabinets, by means of cards, separate or otherwise, and fills a long felt want, inasmuch as it has always been endeavored to reduce as much as possible the space provided for filing and at the same time provide an efficient and accurate file which would permit the finding of the information with as little loss of time as possible, all of which objects are reached with the filing appliance described in this memorandum.

Further advantages and improvements will beset forth in this descriptive memorandum, which, in order to render it perfectly clear and make entirely obvious the manner in which this invention is to be used, is accompanied with drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of one drawer of the filing cabinet, with some of the 25 index cards, and at the back, partially withdrawn, a card showing a name corresponding to the vowels or letters of the preceding index card.

Fig. 2 is a partial front view which shows a section of a file cabinet relating to the letter S as an example, with all its 25 drawers 7 complete, which as may be seen are arranged according to vowels.

Fig. 3 is an entire front view of the filecabinet showing the 700 drawers which comprise it. i

In the different drawings, the same refer ence characters indicate always identical elements or parts.

As shown in the drawings, the cabinet (Fig. 3) consists of 700 drawers, evenly divided according to the alphabet; that is to say, 25 drawers for each letter. The first horizontal row of five drawers of each letter of the alphabet are arranged according to the VOWe1Sa ae a,i a,7,0 al77,u a77; the next five drawers of each letter of the alphabet are arranged according to the final vowel e; the third row of five drawers according to the vowel i; the fourth row according to the vowel o, and the fifth row or last set of five drawers of each letter of the alphabet according to the vowel 11 (Figs.

2 and 3). In the use of the appliance for a name/index, cards bearing the names are placed in the various drawers according to the initial letters and first and last vowels of the surname.

As previously stated, the filing cabinet consists of seven hundred drawers, and each drawer contains twenty five indexed guide cards, which show in proper order the combina-tions of vowels a-a, ae, ai, a o and au (Fig. 1), upon the first five cards; the second five cards showing the vowels ea, e-e, e-i, e-o and .eu and the remainder arranged in similar order, up to the twenty-fifth, .uu. Between these guide cards, cards bearing surnamesthat belong in any particulardrawer are further indexed according to the first and last vowels of the given names. If for ex ample it is desired to record the name Jose Serrato (Fig. 1), the S group of drawers should be chosen, corresponding to the initial letter of the name, then the letter e should be looked for, index label 1, Fig.2, corresponding to the first vowel of the surname, next the drawer O 2, in the same vertical row should be found,'and therein the card oe 3, Fig. 1, corresponding to the first and last vowels of the given name, and the card of Jose Serrato 4, is filed there.

In the case of an index used to keep a rec- 0rd of names, the cardmay also be filed according to the first name of the person, following always the procedure outlined in the previous example. To wit, under the letter S the vowels e, 0 should be found, corresponding to the vowels of the surname, as already explained, the drawer bearing the last vowel on the front should be opened and the card shown should be placed behind the index card e-o, corresponding to the first and last vowel of the first name. However in order to follow this classification it would be necessary to have available 140 independ- Jose Serrato is classified on the outside ill) according to the first letter and first vowel of the surname and on the inside according to the first and last vowel of the first name.

Now, in indexing according to the firstdescribed plan, in case the name instead of beginning with a consonant should begin with a vowel, and there should be only two vowels in the name, i. e. Athos, the A section 5, Fig. 3, would be located, and the 0 drawer 6 in the a column chosen; and the card filed therein behind the appropriate index card for the given name.

As may obviously be seen, within the scope of this invention, the filing may be done in various ways, namely, by substituting for the drawers used as an example, folders which would take the place of same, and in this case the indexing vowels above mentioned would appear Written or printed on the back of the folders. which. would contain the aforementioned twenty-five combinations of vowels by means of 25 loose leaves, in exactly the same manner as the index cards, in the drawers.

Having now described in detail the extent and scope of my invention and the manner in which it is to be used, 1 claim the exclusive rights and property of the following:

1. A filing cabinet comprising a plurality of drawers, said drawers being divided into a plurality of sections in accordance with the letters of the alphabet, each section comprising a plurality of drawers arranged by vowels and a plurality of guide cards in each drawer indexed according to vowels.

2. A filing cabinet comprising a plurality of drawers, said drawers being divided into a plurality of sections in accordance with the letters of the alphabet, each section comprising a plurality o1 drawers in rows, the first row having drawers designated by vowels a-a, ea, ia, oa, and u-a, the second row e, e, e, e, and e, the third row i, i, i, and i, and the remaining rows designated by vowels in the same order down to and including the vowel u.

3. A filing cabinet as claimed in claim 2, in combination with a plurality of guide cards in each drawer indexed according to vowels.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

PEDRO DIAZ. 

